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BARSTOW, Calif. - As of this year, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow is a pilot base for the Leadership Scholar Program.
The Leadership Scholar Program assists eligible Marines in applying to more than 200 schools. Now that MCLB Barstow is a pilot in the program, the base will be able to better assist Marines interested in applying for the program, explained Debra Wood, personal and professional development technician here.
“It’s a program only available to honorably discharged Marines,” said Wood. “It’s here to help your college application stand above the rest.”
Woods further explained that applying to Ivy League schools isn’t easy … especially when the person is not applying directly out of high school. However, the LSP submits your application on your behalf, and includes your military education and experiences that will make you stand out above the rest.
“Marines should be a step ahead for their service, not behind,” said Woods.
The LSP works as a liaison between the Marine and the school. So, by the time the application is submitted, the admissions department will have already heard of the Marine applying, she added.
Woods encourages Marines to apply for the program and apply to the more prestigious schools.
“Many of the prestigious schools actually have slots reserved for service members,” she explained. “The LSP can help the Marine find those school and assist them in meeting the deadlines and application requirements.”
The following is required to apply for the LSP: unofficial high school and college transcripts, Joint Service Transcript, copies of NAVMC 118 (3); (11); and (12), basic individual record, basic training record, record of service, awards and education, a letter of recommendation from a commanding officer or officer-in-charge, an honorable discharge, applying as a freshmen or transfer student, an AFQT score of at least 70 and a GT score of at least 115.
Waivers are possible and are a case-by-case basis, Woods said.
The education office here encourages all Marines interested in higher learning to apply for the program and take advantage of the knowledge MCLB Barstow now has of it.
“We will be there every step of the way; from helping Marines apply to the program to editing their college application essays,” Woods concluded.
| Date Taken: | 10.09.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 10.09.2014 11:33 |
| Story ID: | 144739 |
| Location: | BARSTOW , CA, US |
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